Resolve to sleep more - how I plan to make my days more productive
Resolve to sleep more - how I plan to make my days more productive
- January 20, 2022
- Sara Mednick, cog sci, Longevity, Jan. 20, 2022
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This is something I've learned from Sara C. Mednick, [professor of cognitive sciences], who is a sleep researcher at the University of California, Irvine. In her TED talk, Sara starts by saying that we should be taking daily, weekly, and yearly breaks and breaks are a part of a productive life. Later in the talk, she says that a cup of coffee only makes us falsely believe our performance will improve. Her research shows that a daytime nap actually improves our performance. Sometimes, a 90-minute nap improves our performance as if we slept for a whole night.
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